Overgeared

The collapsed ground swallowed the sea of green which used to be the forest. The giant trees, that reached all the way to the sky, tilted precariously.

A long time ago when Grid visited this place with Zik and Zibal, the scenery at the entrance of the Hwan Kingdom had overwhelmed him. It now looked completely devastated. Judging from the scale of the damage, it was almost certain that the Hwan Kingdom wouldn’t escape unscathed from this fight. This had to be the case. Why else had Hanul rushed over here then?

However, Hanul appeared unbothered. He sneered at Grid without giving off the slightest hint of agitation.

[The pressure you are giving off is unusual. Do you think this is an opportunity for you to kill us?]

Just then, Chiyou’s eyes returned to normal. He stopped emitting a white light and his pupils were back to their original state. Those pitch-black eyes of his contained desire and joy.

Noe had been poking his head out of Grid’s arms to examine the situation. “D-Don’t tell me, this guy... Did he pretend to be insane to lure Master here?” he asked thoughtfully.

It was a reasonable doubt, but Grid firmly shook his head.

“There is no way that those who live on pride would act like fools.”

Grid could operate as virtually two different people thanks to the Consciousness Separation skill. The skill divided his consciousness into two. It was still at level 1, but it was very useful. Because of it, Grid could assess the clone’s situation in real time. He had witnessed every moment of Hanul and Chiyou’s fight and he knew that Chiyou had not put on an act.

Of course, doing so mentally exhausted him. Switching back and forth between the two consciousnesses required a great deal of concentration. Had there not been a function that granted autonomy to his clone, Grid wouldn’t have been able to fully utilize the Consciousness Separation skill.

In any case, Grid was aware that Hanul wasn’t in good shape.

[Are you serious...? You are here to settle things with us by yourself? So ridiculous. Can you really handle both of us?]

Hanul was bluffing, pretending he was fine with this turn of events. Grid wasn’t deceived by his acting skills.

“What do you mean by the two of you? I don’t think Chiyou will team up with you so we can fight two versus one.”

Grid had long defined Chiyou as a lunatic. Therefore, he didn’t respect Chiyou. Chiyou teaming up with Hanul to kill Grid? No way.

Ironically, the one whom the madman valued the most was Grid. He didn’t want Grid to die. Because of this, it was Grid, not Hanul, who had the numerical advantage.

Grid wasn’t actually isolated behind enemy lines. Together with his clone, he had surrounded the enemy. This had been his plan from the very beginning.

“Thanks to the immortal earlier, the Hwan Kingdom has suffered quite a lot of damage... Did I miscalculate when I decided this was the best moment to try and hurt you?”

More and more mirrors appeared, surrounding Hanul. Before he knew it, there were hundreds of them, and would soon become thousands. This was easy to pull off because the spell required ice magic. They weren’t that durable, that was their weakness, but they reflected light. This clearly restricted Hanul’s actions.

Hanul stared at Grid silently. The light withdrew and he revealed his true appearance.

He looked like King Sobyeol after King Sobyeol grew older and larger in size. Hanul’s white hair was tightly combed into a bun and there were deep wrinkles all over his face. However, the wrinkles didn’t make him look ugly. They made his eyes look wiser, and the lines around his mouth made him look mightier. He was standing with his back straight, and had a thick waist, a broad chest, and wide shoulders.

Hanul’s appearance resembled the one described in the myths. He gave off the impression of a ruler. Anyone could see that he had been born to rule and deserved to be worshiped as a god.

and insignificant. It doesn’t befit your status as the Only One God. This is

who was genuinely impressed with Hanul’s appearance, Hanul didn’t respect Grid.

tilted his head. “Are you talking

time. He had been a god from the moment he was born. However, he opposed Rebecca and lost. Thanks to Chiyou’s help, he managed to hide in the remote east and was worshiped after cowardly deceiving the people with false

to replace the angels. Hanul had tried all sorts of dirty schemes one after another, but all of his plans failed. If anything, Hanul was the one who had lived an insidious and insignificant life. Hanul knew that better than

to have hit the nail on the head. Hanul got flustered and

around Hanul. It wasn’t light, but Hanul’s pure power. He had created a shockwave just

whose stats were at least in the tens of thousands. Noe was overwhelmed

unmoving as he stared at Hanul in the sky. He was making an effort not to miss any of his enemy’s

a heavenly role. He was the God that all beings living in the world should look up to. However, when they looked up, they

was destroyed. He came up with a plan that was far different

more than the power of light? Did he want to

didn’t know what Hanul’s intentions were. He could only assume why

the truth of this world as

and even Judar had known the truth

[Don’t make that face.]

his light. The attack landed before Grid could even

[......?]

was about to link another attack but suddenly stopped. His eyes widened as blood also shot up

[Annihilation.]

the shocking sight of a God of the beginning bleeding like a

[You are so annoying.]

figured out why he had been cut. The fragments of broken ice covered the sky like snowflakes and kept reflecting the light.

[Do your best.]

Grid’s clone,

Flash!

As if this was incredibly easy for him to do, he shattered the Multiple Weakening Barriers that

spawn any mirrors. Hanul shattered all the surrounding mirrors with

hit by

much compared to the first time he got hit because Hanul had struck him right

[......]

Hanul was as unmoving as a stone statue. He silently rubbed the blood flowing down from his throat. If Grid’s

was responding to the speed of light. He couldn’t dodge or block Hanul’s attack before counterattacking, but

this was intimidating. The Annihilation energy was proof of him slaying a chief god and a dragon. The

“......”

[......]

avoid. Hanul had to risk his life to kill his enemies. Both Absolutes were walking on thin

to somehow respond to the speed of light, but this meant his defense and attack

the Defying the Natural Order and Twilight swords, he posed a great threat to Hanul. However, if his attack power lowered even